Brass, IC;
Sowell, J;
Carr, M;
Blackstock, J;
(2017)
The Role of Transnational Expert Associations in Governing the Cybersecurity Risks of the Internet of Things.
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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP3) - 2017.
International Public Policy Association: Singapore.
(In press).
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Abstract
The benefits and challenges of the Internet of Things (IoT) are increasingly capturing the attention of policy-makers, the media and the wider public. On the one hand, IoT has the potential to enable new models of organising social and economic activity, as evidenced in sectors such as transport (mobility as service) and manufacturing (industrial IoT). On the other hand, IoT is challenged by the increasing number of cyberattacks originating from unsecure connected devices and the challenges of monitoring and enforcing basic security policies on them. This paper analyses the unique cybersecurity risks emerging from the growth of IoT, focusing on the use of connected devices as vectors in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Through an analysis of the Mirai DDoS, the paper identifies three unique characteristics of IoT botnets: a) higher utilisation rate; b) more durable infections; c) greater contamination rate due to their increasingly connected ecosystem. The paper concludes that an adaptive governance structure is required to effectively respond to the dynamic cybersecurity risks associated with IoT and its potential to develop into a global infrastructure of vulnerabilities. This complex adaptive system cannot be based solely on traditional points of authority (e.g. regulation; formal standards) and relies on the information gathering and monitoring capabilities of transnational internet anti-abuse communities, such as M3AAWG and APWG, to provide a more modular response to the global proliferation of IoT products with low level of security.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Role of Transnational Expert Associations in Governing the Cybersecurity Risks of the Internet of Things |
| Event: | 3rd International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP3) - 2017 |
| Location: | Singapore |
| Dates: | 28 June 2017 - 30 June 2017 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.ippapublicpolicy.org//file/paper/59530f... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | IoT, cybersecurity, adaptive governance, global private governance |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > STEaPP |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10054015 |
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